Shrapnelsmile Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 I'm going to grab some of the excellent base-coat spray primer colors from Army Painter when my beasties arrive. One on top, one under belly, then wash and blend. completely unsure of the color combos I will choose, however. Do any of you look at these critters and know what you are going to attempt to make them look table-worthy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Loki- Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 I've gotten used to painting lots of models one colour - I played Tyranids afterall. I'll likely stick with the official colours because I like them, but for the Frenzy I'm considering painting each one as a different breed of shark. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedora Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Mine are gonna be cartoon character bright. Lots of primary colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Wallace Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 If I go for a Gibbering Horde army, I'm going to give my basic units a uniform color scheme inspired by the primal piranha from "Piranha 3-D." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Bear Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 I haven't decided on colors yet, but I'm most excited by beach/tide pool/coastal basing and terrain ideas. I've been doing some research into making miniature tide pools the last couple days, but that'll have to come later. I quite like the look in the artwork, with pale, seafoam greens and darker details/carapaces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryökäle Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 Not sure about specific colors yet, but let's just say I have been googling lot of pictures of fishes, deep-sea creatures and Lovecraftian deep ones. Some murky shades of gray, blue and green are gonna see lot of use. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Bear Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 It occurred to me that I currently don't use green at all in any of my projects and I'm definitely looking for an excuse to use a lot of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emberlost Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 On 12/23/2016 at 2:37 PM, -Loki- said: I've gotten used to painting lots of models one colour - I played Tyranids afterall. I'll likely stick with the official colours because I like them, but for the Frenzy I'm considering painting each one as a different breed of shark. My wife played Chaos Space Marines for a bit, and her models were always in eye-gouging neon colors. She considered it psychological warfare. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stark Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 MURLOKS!!! Mrgl-mrgl!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyris Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 personally, I think I'm going to go for an off-white underbelly, and probably blue with a silver base coat for the top to give it a proper fishy/sea creature look. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wake of Godzilla Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 I'm going to go for something bright I think - maybe Tyranid style with a bleached bone underbelly and red top, with some black spots for extra detail. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDAntoine Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 All very cool ideas! I think turquoise metallics for the skin could also make them look fishy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryökäle Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 4 hours ago, JDAntoine said: All very cool ideas! I think turquoise metallics for the skin could also make them look fishy. Could work. I personally will probably experiment with gloss varnish. Make them look wet and slimy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EntrepeNinja Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 I'm going to go with deep sea and amphibian creatures: For instance Spotted skulkers I think are going to be like poison dart frogs. Karkinoi I'm hoping to do like mantis shrimp. This game is going to make me learn to airbrush... O_O 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetaphoricDragn Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 I'm torn between taking inspiration from murloks, or painting them Aquaman colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky_squirrel Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 On 7/20/2017 at 1:38 PM, EntrepeNinja said: I'm going to go with deep sea and amphibian creatures: For instance Spotted skulkers I think are going to be like poison dart frogs. Karkinoi I'm hoping to do like mantis shrimp. The possibility of painting the skulkers as dwarf frogs is why I think my partner will like the GH models. For the angry hermit crabs, a metallic pearl effect would be interesting, but potentially complicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikiwith Posted September 9, 2017 Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 I'm looking for some inspirations and armored whelks I was thinking thake inspiration from "Monster hunter game". The frenzy from street sharks TV show. However, I have to think about the colours. Tyranid armies is also a good option to take inspiration from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KikkerVisje Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 primer, spray base them blue, slap on some dark greenish shader, layer on some bright teal and drybrush with bright green. yarazi a little brighter and greener, speckled crawlers a little darker blue. scales on karkinoi and whelks bone-coloured and spaces in between segments red-ish. don't have a clue wether it'll work and look nice or not, but that's what i'm gonna try. ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzen Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 I think about use that Greenstuff Iridiscent metallic colours... 🙄 or maybe some scheme taking more or less this blue tone: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajorUndead Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 Hi there! I'm a bit late to the party, but I was thinking bright colors. Probably turquoise for the main color. Maybe some pink or light purple for the inside or mouths, the underside of karkinoi, stuff like that. And yellow for eyes. Writing it now I think it may end up being eye gouging I would also like to have them look slimy/shiny, so I guess i'd use a varnish as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias79 Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 Can't wait to bust out the airbrush and paint these guys up like poison arrow frogs. In general, I just can't wait to get my hands on these! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alack Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 TOS will be my first wargame, so if anyone has some tips or resources for a painting newbie like myself it'd be greatly appreciated! Half the reason I chose the Hordes was that they seemed like they'd be a bit more forgiving than something with more detailed sculpts like KE or Cults. Really looking forward to getting these on the table! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Loki- Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 11 hours ago, Alack said: TOS will be my first wargame, so if anyone has some tips or resources for a painting newbie like myself it'd be greatly appreciated! Half the reason I chose the Hordes was that they seemed like they'd be a bit more forgiving than something with more detailed sculpts like KE or Cults. Really looking forward to getting these on the table! I'd really suggest finding colour primiers in the colours you want to do them. As a Tyranid player from 40k, Hordes are very similar. Single main colour, smaller detail colours (easier than Tyranids, who had two primary colours). Being able to spray prime them your colour of choice, wash them to define areas, and give them a few drybrushes and then pick out details should be a nice way for beginners to get painted Hordes on the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol_Sorrowsong Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 Just be careful to choose proper paints. There are many spraypaint cans that seem like they'll be great, but are terrible for miniatures. Either take some time to learn the differences or only buy from mini stores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 15 hours ago, Alack said: TOS will be my first wargame, so if anyone has some tips or resources for a painting newbie like myself it'd be greatly appreciated! Half the reason I chose the Hordes was that they seemed like they'd be a bit more forgiving than something with more detailed sculpts like KE or Cults. Really looking forward to getting these on the table! Working with preshading and glazes are a very, very fast shortcut in armypainting. I strongly suggest toturial from Vince Venturella about the subject. An other thing most beginners won't do but is incredible helpful is painting some miniatures to test different paintscemes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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